Operating means for railway car doors



Feb. 13, 1945- w. J. TANGERMAN OPERATING MEANS FOR RAILWAY CAR DOORS 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed May 1, 1942 I fzzwrzzw: WZZ/M/ZJT m i 1945- w. J. TANGERMAN OPERATING MEANS FOR RAILWAY CAR DOQRS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed May 1, i942 for moving the door.

Patented Feb. 13, 1945 DOORS I a Williamfii Tangerrnan; HammondQIri'dQ assignep or, bymesne assignments to"Standard;Railway Equipment Manufacturing Company, a corporation of Delaware f tateme t. 1.1942seriam 441308 1. y

3 Claims. (011258-44) This invention relates to railway car side doors and more particularlyto means for moving such doors. The conventional box car has a door opening adjacent the center o f'each side wall and doors movable in planes parallel with the side walls for closing the door openings. i

An object of the invention is to provide rolling means for railway car side doors, which means may be easily brought into operative engagement with the track by movement'of a conveniently located handle. A further object is to utilize such handle to engage bracket carried by the track for the purpose of imparting initial. movement tothedoor. i

Another object is to provide wedge shaped engaging parts on the door andvtracks, respectively, e to support the door when the rolling means are disengaged from the track. 'I'he'wedge provides additional friction to retard movement of the door.

Another object is to provide toggle means for lifting the door and bringing therolling means into engagement with the track. It is well known that a toggle is well suited for lifting heavy ob-' jects; such as railway car doors.

Otherobjects and advantages of my invention will be apparent from the 'following detailed description by referring to the ings.

In the drawings:

accompanying draw- Fig. 1 is a partial side elevation of a railway car including the door and embodying my invention. The rolling means is shown in an ative position. I i

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

ino per- .Alever :22fis pivotally mounted upon the face of the door 2 preferably midway between the housings 5, Band spaced apart block 23 are at-.

tached to thetrack 3. The lower end 25 of the lever 22 may be engaged with the blocks 23, as

shownin the drawings, to impart initial movement to the door. Connecting members 26, 21 extend. from the lever 22 to the center joints l3 of each of the toggles 8. Movement of. the upper end 28 of the lever 22 toward the right straightens both toggles 8 and moves the rollers l4 downwardly into operative engagement with the track 3, as shown in Fig.4, so that the door is then movable upon the rollers Id. The door may then be moved to thefull open position by exerting a force upon' the lever22 in the required direction; i. e., toward the right. i p t .A stop 29 is preferably provided on the connecting member 26 within the housing 5 to limit move- .ment of the connecting member 26 and thereby limit the downward movement of'the roller [4.

The track 3 is comprised of an angle with the inwardly directed leg 32 flared (33) downwardly: and inwardly. The housings 5, 6 are provided with pads 35 adapted to engage the flared part 33 of the track 3 and thereby support the door 2 when th lever 22 i released and the rollers l4 move upwardly out of operative'engagement withthe track. The pads 35 cooperate with the depending outer sides 36 of the housings 5, 6 to straddle and wedge uponthe track 3 and thereby frictionally retard movement of the door.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showingthe rolling means operatively engaged with the track The drawings show the usual side door 2 movable horizontally along a track 3 carried by the car adjacent the lowerpartiof the door opening.

comprised of upper U0) and loweri(ll) links pivotally (l3) connected; the upper end'of theupper link [0 being pivotally mounted l2) upon the housing and the lower end of the lower link H having a roller l4 revolubly mounted thereon.

Housings 5, 6 are rigidlymounted upon the door ..2 adjacent the opposite lower corners thereof. Toggles 8 disposed within the housings 5, 6 are The pin I6 which formsga journal for the roller H has its ends slidably engaged in vertically extending slots I 'l'in the front (l9) and rear (20) walls of the housings 5, 6 so that the roller l4 lsconstrainedtomove vertically. v

. sides of the pivot of said lever, and a block carried by the car in the path of pivotal movement ofone end of said lever, whereby a pivotal move- 1 The accompanying drawings illustrate the pre-.

ferred form of the invention, though it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to track supported by thecar and normally resting thereupon said means comprising spaced toggles, each having theupper end thereof. pivotally attachable to, the door and aroller piv-. otally mounted upon the lower end thereof, said rollersbeing mountableupon the door for vertically. slidable movement; a starting lever mountable intermediate of its ends upon'the door for pivotal movement, a connector connecting) the knee of each toggle to said lever on opposite ment of said lever while said lever is engaged with said block forces the'rollers against the track and raises the door and'simultaneously moves the door horizontally along said track.

2. A door elevating and moving'means for arailway ear door movable horizontally along a track supportedibyz the; ear and'inormally restin-g,

ably mountable upon said doonia.connector con necting said toggles and operativelyassociated-l5 with said starting lever, a block attachable to the car in the path of pivotal movement of said lever, whereby a force exe'rtedupon said-lever" 2,369,323 3. A door elevating and moving means for a.

railway car door movable horizontally along a track supported by the car and normally resting thereon, said means comprising spaced mechanisms mounted upon the door, each comprising a toggle joint pivotally connected at its upper 'end .to'sai'd" can-and: having a. roller pivotally connected at its lower end'engageable with said track, and

means to force said roller against said track, said door being vertically movable relative to said rollers; a'fstarting lever mounted intermediate it's en-ds upon the door for pivotal movement, a

connecton connectingthe 'knee of each toggle ioihtwithsaidistartihg lever on opposite sides of theipivotthereof ,iand a block carried by'the car imtha-pathohpivotal movement of said lever, whereby a pivotal movement of said lever while saidlever"is"engaged with said block forces the straightens both toggles and forces therrolle rsw against the track, raises the door out of engagement with the track; and'" simultaneously'- moves the door horizontallyalongthe track.

rollerssagainst the track and raises the door and simultaneously moves the door horizontally along sai d track. 1 

